MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 21:57
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$81 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 97% 181 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 928 90% 741 Pts	64-Core 1125 70% 1125 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 144 Parallax 200 106% 158 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 127 Splatting 96.8 91% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 1TB 9,059 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 425 297 203 62 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 410 Mixed 357 SusWrite 248 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 37.1 150% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 200 175% 257 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 103%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 179GB free Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 470 475 474 475 473 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 238 Write 91.5 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 473 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 17.6 59% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 39.5 DQ Mixed 37.4 27% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 478GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 173 172 173 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 161 Mixed 103 SusWrite 172 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 2x8GB 16,678 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 34.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 27.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 35.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,759x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,098x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	868x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	562x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	476x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	344x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	304x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $70Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	666x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	248x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16